Relevance of the study: the Relevance of the issue due to the need to search for legal tools that can reduce the impact of the socio-ecological crisis, the consequence of which is environmental pollution, reducing the quality of life and environmental protection of Russians. In these conditions redistribution of part of expenses on protection and reproduction of natural resources between the entities of business activity, formation of bases of legal support of ecological entrepreneurship are represented by the major tasks aimed at the solution of ecological problems. In many foreign countries, such an effective legal anti-crisis tool is social entrepreneurship, in the model of legal support of which, environmental entrepreneurship is considered as one of the most important components. The purpose of the study: the purpose of the article is to identify trends and assess the prospects for the inclusion of environmental entrepreneurship in the Russian socio-entrepreneurial legal model. Research methods: empirical (comparative legal, description, interpretation); theoretical (formal and dialectical logic) research methods. The leading method of studying this problem is the comparative legal method. Results of the study: ۱.The definition of environmental entrepreneurship, which should be understood as a socially oriented economic activity aimed at ensuring environmental safety, rational use of natural resources, environmental protection, the profit of which is guaranteed to be reinvested in the solution of social and environmental problems. ۲. A foreign the trend is identified of environmental entrepreneurship evolution in unified communications with the law on social entrepreneurship. ۳. It is determined that, despite some similarities between the Russian and Italian models of legal support for the development of social entrepreneurship, the Russian legislative model does not provide support for social enterprises engaged in environmental entrepreneurship. Practical significance: the research consists in recommendations on the adjustment of the Russian socio-entrepreneurial legal model, taking into account foreign experience.